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They Say Fiction is Lying
Sydney Portier’s portrayal of a teacher in the movie, To Sir With Love, was the first time I heard someone say fiction is lying.
Across The Border Takes You On The Journey: A Review
Across the Border by Anthony Pond is a collection of fifteen interconnected stories following a young man’s quest for meaning in life.
Fear and its Hefty Price Tag
Fear dogs my creative endeavors. Over 30 years ago, I took a design class at a community college in Chicago’s western suburbs. One assignment called for drawing a familiar object. After much sketching and erasing, I transferred to paper the outline of a crumpled...
On Becoming a Finalist in ACFW’s First Impressions Contest
On November 15, I took a quick look at my email before going downstairs for lunch. To my surprise, a new email in bold letters sat in my In Box from American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW). I took a deep breath before clicking. I had almost forgotten my entry in the...
A Ball Game, A Snake Head, and Easter
The enemy struck out in a cosmic ball game with eternal significance. “For it's one, Two, Three strikes you're out At the old ball game” — Take Me Out to the Ball Game Once on a family vacation, I found a flattened snake's head baking on the pavement under the Ozark...
Everlasting Father. Jesus? Was Isaiah Mistaken?
One can become fatherless by illness, crime, divorce, or plain old simple abandonment. Unfortunately, it happens every day, at any age. Each is painful. Fathers are not everlasting. I lost my father during college to cancer. As I faced the future without him, I...
